Political Quotes

“in a little while, we are going to vote to proceed to S.J. Res. 62, which I introduced with Senator Hoeven to repeal the Biden administration's Bureau of Land Management resource management plan for North Dakota. Of course, H.J. Res. 105, which mirrors our bill, introduced by Congresswoman Fedorchak, has already passed the House of Representatives, and final passage is scheduled for later this evening. The Bureau of Land Management--or BLM, as we call it--is the landlord of 745 million acres of land and subsurface deposits nationwide. BLM's management of these public resources is governed by what is known as the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, otherwise known as FLPMA, which requires--I stress ``requires''--the Bureau to develop resource management plans or RMPs to guide management decisions. And, when created, Congress was clear: These RMPs must abide by the multiple-use mandate. Now, ``multiple use'' is a term that is thrown around a lot in the public lands discussions. It was championed by President Theodore Roosevelt, who drew from his experience in his two ranches in North Dakota, the Maltese Cross and the Elkhorn Ranch, and throughout the West. And, by the way, North Dakota is where his Presidential Library is being built, and it will be open next July 4--unpaid announcement. ``Multiple use'' means that land is sustainably used by the State and local population, rather than preserved like a national park or a wildlife refuge.”